THE HOME FRONT
The never-ending war within our veterans
The Home Front shines a light on the human toll of war, its impact on our modern veterans and the truth about those entrusted with their care.
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The Home Front
The voices of war
"The Home Front documentary IS the best story telling I have seen in the Australian veteran space. Within the first 15 minutes, we had more than 60 enquiries for our program ..."
Dane Christison
CEO, Survive to Thrive Nation
"I'm not the only first responder in the house, there are two others and they're teenagers ... they were six and eight. They're going to have a childhood that they look back on that will always have had PTSD in it."
Leesa Kwok
Wife of veteran & PTSD sufferer
"It's very similar to a physical wound: one wound, okay I can survive and heal, maybe. But if you get another wound, and another wound and another wound it gets harder and harder to heal … and the same thing applies to emotional trauma."
Maj-Gen John Cantwell AO DSC
Former Deputy Chief of Army
“… I’ve known some out there that have done 10 or 12 tours, that’s four or five years in a war zone. You’ve only got to see what 12 months did to our Vietnam veterans and their kids and their kids now and the impact it’s had on them.”
Senator Jacqui Lambie
Veteran
"I wanted to live. That was part of me. I wanted to live, but I was just in this incredible emotional pain and trapped. And so I wanted to die desperately as well."
Nathan Fenton
Afghanistan veteran
"... a veteran these days is more likely to be someone whose family knew that he or she had deployed on operations overseas, but most of their neighbours, or their post-defence employers, wouldn't know that they'd been in the military."
Catherine McGregor AM
Veteran
The Home Front podcast
Hear inspiring and personal stories from veterans profoundly affected by war's brutal realities. These courageous men and women share their personal experiences, offering a glimpse into their sacrifices for our nation.
The Home Front film
The Home Front shines a light on the human toll of war, its impact on our modern veterans and the truth about those entrusted with their care.
The Home Front book
The Home Front book is a fascinating and rousing indictment of the culture of war, the thinking of those who wage it, and the cost to those who experience it.
Shining a Light: Stories of Trauma & Tragedy, Hope & Healing
Written for the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, Shining a Light: Stories of Trauma & Tragedy, Hope & Healing draws on the lived-experience submissions to the Commission.
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The Home Front creator
Patrick Lindsay is one of Australia’s leading non-fiction authors, filmmakers and broadcasters.
A former newspaper reporter and TV presenter, since 2001 he has written 22 best-selling books, including a series of inspirational titles, which also sell in the US and the UK.
As principal of Limetree Studios, he created the format for the acclaimed TV series, IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS, produced a trilogy of documentaries on the WWII Kokoda campaign and he’s just completed THE HOME FRONT, a book and documentary project on the plight of our modern veterans.
In 2015, Patrick was named a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to the media, international relations and literature.
